Improved shoe-shave



@nite-b tats @anni @frn MARIUS M. ELLIOTT, OF NEW ENGLAND VILLAGE, MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent No. 73,588, dated January 21, 1868.

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TO ALL WHO IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, MARIUS M. ELLIOTT, of New England Village, in the county ot' Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Boot and Shoe-Shave; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had'to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The present invention consists in so hanging the blade in the guard of the shave that it can be adjusted to the desired pitch, with reference to the guard, and be moved toward or away from the gua/rd, 'according as may be found necessary, the mode oi' hanging being such as to allow a blade to be readily removed for being sharpened, or for the insertion of a new one. In the accompanying plate'oi` drawings, my improved shave for the soles of boots and shoes is illustrated- Y Figurel being a plan or top vier: of the same.

Figure 24, a central longitudinal section, taken in the plane of the line :r z, fig. 1; and

Figure 3, a transverse section, taken in the plane of the line yy, fig. 1.

Simiar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A, in the drawings, represents the guard to the shave, terminating at each in a handle, B, of similar shape, and of suitable form for being grasped by the hands. C, the blade, arranged in the cut-out portion D to the guard A. This blade, at each end, is provided with an arm, E, that extends in a direction at right angles thereto, and by such arm the blade is confined to the guard, between the screw-hcads F, on the outside, screwing into the guard from one side, and the ends to the adjustable screws G arranged and screwing into the guard from the opposite side thereof. By turning the screw-heads F out, the blade can be released for being removed or detached from the guard, and, on the contrary, fixed therein, by screwing them on to the guard; and, by properly adjusting the set-screws G, the blad can be more or less inclined, with regard to the guard, as maybe desired, the several screws, when loosened from the blade-arms, enabling it to be adjusted in position, either near to or far from the guard, according to the width or opening desired between them.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by-Lettcrs Patent- A shave for boots or shoes, having its blade hung in the guard for adjustment, substantially as described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me, this 26th day of August, 1807.

MARIUS M. ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

J. H. SMITH, L. K. LELAND. 

